Mallow family. Malvaceae. "Common on prairies and in valleys." (Coulter). Hunter; prairies and lowlands. Honey yield not important; some pollen. May and June. A good pollen yielder during May at College Station.* SPANISH APPLE. Malvaviscus drummondii. Torr & Gray. Mallow family. Malvaceae. "From Rio Grande to the Colorado and Northeastward." (Coulter). In lowlands and along streams. June and July.* "Plentiful along Comal and Guadalupe rivers, New Braunfels, Texas. Not important." (E. Scholl). ROSE OF SHARON. SHRUBBY ALTHAEA. Hibiscus Syriacus L. Mallow family. Malvaceae. "In various situations New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Florida and Texas." (Small). Cultivated ornamental, in gardens and parks; honey yield not important and plants few, but bees work busily on it; honey and pollen. May to Sept.* SPRING SIDA. Sida spinosa L. Mallow family. Malvaceae. "In cultivated grounds, waste places on roadsides, New York to Iowa, Florida and Texas. Widely distributed in the tropics." (Small). Waste places, fields and along roads; some honey and pollen; not important. June to August.* NARROW-LEAFED SIDA. Sida angustifolia Lam. Mallow family. Malvaceae. "In dry soil Texas to Arizona; also in Mexico and tropical America." (Small). In dry soils; bees found upon it; yields pollen. June to August.* COTTON. Gossypium herbaceum L. Mallow family. Malvaceae. Cultivated staple crop in the fields for fibre. Honey yield good, steady flow till frost, honey white and of good quality. Main source throughout cotton belt. Nectar glands on ribs of leaves and on bracts of buds, blooms and bolls. June to frost.* JAPANESE VARNISH TREE. Firmiana platinifolia (L.) R. Br. Chocolate family. Buettneriaceae. HBK. College Station: Cultivated ornamental tree on campus; honey yield very heavy but of short duration some seasons longer. May and June.* BASSWOOD. AMERICAN LINDEN. Tilia Americana L. Linden family. Tiliaceae. "A large and handsome tree of the Atlantic States, extending in Texas to the Valley of the San Antonio River." (Coulter). On forests of Eastern Texas, yields large quantities of excellent honey. May and June.* LARGE-FLOWERED CALTROP. Tribulus cistoides L. Bean-caper family. Zygophylleae. Hunter: in fields and waste lands; honey yield good until noon when flowers close; also much pollen. April, August.* GREATER CALTROP. Kallstroemia maxima (L) T. & G. Bean-caper family. Zygophylleae. "Tribulus maxima." (Coulter). "Common in dry soil throughout Southern and Western Texas." (Coulter). Hunter: in fields and waste lands. Honey yield good in morning, blossoms closing by noon except in cool weather; good as it comes in the dearth of summer; also abundance of pollen. April to August.* YELLOW WOOD SORREL. Oxalis stricta L. Geranium family. Geraniaceae. "Eastern and Southern Texas." (Coulter). Waste soils and open